Turner, Smith take blame for Bolts' bungling start

Wonder if they’ll be prepared when New England comes to town this Sunday, signaling the end of the éclair portion of their schedule. They not only haven’t met a good team, they have yet to play a terrific quarterback. That ends with Tom Brady.

So, so, so many different things have gone wrong. But it’s up to the players now. Turner insists it isn’t a leadership issue, and I don’t know if it is, either. They just aren’t good. They may not be panicking, but they are pressing.

“I’m responsible for everything,” Smith says. “It’s my direction and plan I give to ownership. No question, it’s on me. It’s the general manager’s responsibility. With that, I’m extremely disappointed. We’re just not playing well, and I have to find answers as to why.

“We say we’re going to fix it, but we’ve been saying it for a while, and meanwhile losses are piling up. If anybody else in our division was breaking out, we’d be in serious, serious trouble — and it appears we will be if we don’t straighten things out.

“We have outstanding individual players and that’s good, but we’re not a complete team, and if you don’t have a complete team you’re not likely to win. I thought we would look like a playoff team, but that’s something we haven’t looked like.”

According to Smith, all bodily functions have failed.

“We talk about special teams, but it’s moving around a bit — we’re not making plays on offense or defense, either. Eventually, you run out of time. It’s not the case yet, but it soon will be.”

The Chargers have bungled and stumbled through the bakery portion of their schedule. Now they’re walking into a butcher shop.

The NFL’s carnivores, which the Chargers once were, will feast on the weak. Bad enough the vegans already have.